FreeRunner for Sale, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) - any reasonable offer accepted

2008-08-29 Thread Alex Kavanagh
7;ll be at PyCon 2008 in Birmingham (12th and 13th of Sept, not 14th) if you want to exchange there. Cheers Alex. -- Alex Kavanagh ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Opening the Glamo

2008-08-07 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Aaron Sowry wrote, On 07/08/08 13:03: >>> So, I think, making pessure to the firm that produce Glamo, is the only >>> possibility to get very open our hardware. >>> >>> >>> >> Given the legal situation, I agree. Let's pester them with a ton of emails! >> :) >> Maybe we could get the

Re: cpu-speed limitations

2008-08-05 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Aaron Sowry wrote, On 05/08/08 17:12: >> Is the glamo graphics stuff the 'most important' thing that should be >> done? >> > No, but I don't think it should be ignored. If there are a limited > number of people with the authority/ability to do this then I think > that's where their atten

Re: cpu-speed limitations

2008-08-05 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Jay Vaughan wrote, On 05/08/08 16:32: >> I don't think that this is necessarily the case. OM people have >> lots of >> fish to fry and writing a acceleration code running inside the Glamo >> probably isn't *the* most important thing to be working on. Getting >> the >> core kernel, device li

Re: cpu-speed limitations

2008-08-05 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Jay Vaughan wrote, On 05/08/08 13:11: >> That kind of sucks doesn't it. That there is a processor on the chip >> that could do, say, scrolling independently of the main processor >> and we >> aren't allowed to know how to do it. I'm sure it's a great chip, >> but if >> we can't drive it in

Re: cpu-speed limitations

2008-08-05 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Andy Green wrote, On 05/08/08 11:05: > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > > | sluggish and should be adequate given the task at hand. What is the deal > | with Glamo? Do we have - or will we ever have - meaningful graphics > | acceleration for the Freerunner, given that this Glamo appea

Re: Request for help: Would like community applications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld

2008-07-30 Thread Alex Kavanagh
David Pottage wrote, On 30/07/08 11:07: > None of us expected an iPhone like polished and fully integrated > software stack, but we did expect a developer friendly platform with > some basic functionality that would mostly work. Strangely enough, I didn't. Not having read the mailing list, looke

Re: Which AT&T data plans are compatible?

2008-07-30 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Jay Vaughan wrote, On 30/07/08 09:37: >> I can do that, if my phone is connected to my home wireless network. >> >> > > Likewise, but it would be nice if we had some dyndns support pre- > configured so that Freerunners everywhere could function, rightly so, > as pocket-based web servers.

Re: Request for help: Would like community applications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld

2008-07-30 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Marcus Bauer wrote, On 30/07/08 08:32: [snip] > > But if the marketing guy (not sales guy as he pointed out) makes wrong > technical statements I have enough authority to correct them. (Simply go > over to Wikipedia and check for the word meritocracy and its connection > to open source.) > "A

Re: [openmoko-announce] Openmoko on Design

2008-07-28 Thread Alex Kavanagh
> ; > -- > Jay Vaughan > > > > > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- Alex Kavanagh Home: http://alex.kavan

Re: Openmoko on Design

2008-07-28 Thread Alex Kavanagh
on-developers can > understand, why even bother? Why struggle so hard to make totally open > devices when you can already download thousands of random hacks and > applications for an iPhone? > > This is Openmoko. We are different. We are open to life. We are never &g

Re: External GSM Antenna Connector

2008-07-24 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Scott wrote, On 24/07/08 13:25: > GPS != GSM Indeed. I just misread it. > > > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/ma

Re: External GSM Antenna Connector

2008-07-24 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Cédric Berger wrote, On 24/07/08 09:51: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:28, Alex Kavanagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Scott wrote, On 24/07/08 01:52: >> >>> Anybody know what the connector type is for connecting an external GSM >>&

Re: External GSM Antenna Connector

2008-07-24 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Scott wrote, On 24/07/08 01:52: > Anybody know what the connector type is for connecting an external GSM > antenna? MMCX. See http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPS Hope that helps. Cheers Alex. PS Please start a new thread for a new topic. Thanks > > I've searched the wiki multiple times to no av

Re: Why is Qtopia much faster?

2008-07-23 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Lorn Potter wrote, On 23/07/08 09:23: > Timo Jyrinki wrote: > [snip] >> It cannot be so hard to understand that not everyone wants to port >> everything into one toolkit. It doesn't matter which toolkit that is. >> Phones are becoming computers and do not need any less flexibility on >> what c

Re: Strange things

2008-07-18 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote, On 18/07/08 08:14: > 2008/7/18 Matthew Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I'm also having similar problems. And sending an SMS message via the >> GUI on the stock 2007.2 build is via an icon above the contact's number. >> > > This only works from an existing contact.

Re: Rules based policy engine

2008-07-18 Thread Alex Kavanagh
matt joyce wrote, On 18/07/08 00:01: > I have always wanted many more features on my phone, than any phone I've > owned has provided. > I expect the majority of people who are excited about Openmoko have > similar day dreams. > Absolutely. It was one of the reasons I wanted to go for a phon

Re: Messaging

2008-07-18 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Curtis Vaughan wrote, On 18/07/08 06:15: > For the life of me I can't figure out how to send an SMS. I've written > several test messages, but can't seem to send them. > Any hints? > Yeah, that got me too. I managed to send one last night by filling in the little box with the drop down next

Re: Reason for GPS problems found!

2008-07-16 Thread Alex Kavanagh
Timo Jyrinki wrote, On 16/07/08 09:56: > > I don't think it helps either to make sure one's rights are listened > to - I think one reason people might complain is that they simply want > to create noise so that Openmoko knows it's important. Please, show a > little more respect and trust for them